Welcome back to the blog for Part 2 of this year’s Art Lover’s Gift Guide! Sometimes part of the stress of searching for the perfect gift is finding something unique, one of a kind, unusual or out of the ordinary. The best way to solve that issue is to buy ART! Here are four incredibly […]
Read more "Art Lover’s Gift Guide – Part 2"I am so honored to share with all of you a recent interview I did for a very dear friend of mine (and a talented creative person in her own right), Nicole Romero. Nicole is the founder of Creative Catalyst Community, a FREE group for creatives in search of inspiration and encouragement in these crazy […]
Read more "Creative Catalyst Community"The Wandering Art Historian book club met for the last time in 2020 on Friday, October 30th and we discussed an amazing book by Elise Hooper titled Learning to See. Telling the story of American photographer, Dorothea Lange, Hooper sheds light not only on Lange’s personal life, but also on the myriad of issues faced […]
Read more "My Covid Classics – #9"The Wandering Art Historian book club met last week to discuss Lydia Cassatt Reading the Morning Paper by Harriet Scott Chessman. This slim tome packs a mighty emotional punch that seems to resonate even more profoundly in 2020, despite the story being set in 1878. Told from the perspective of Mary Cassatt’s sister and frequent […]
Read more "My Covid Classics – #8"If you are in need of stamps or want to support the USPS, consider purchasing the Ruth Asawa Forever Stamps and learn a bit of American history, women’s history & ART history while you’re at it! Asawa was a Japanese American artist and educator that the U.S. government placed in an internment camp – on […]
Read more "Ruth Asawa Stamps"The Wandering Art Historian book club is going strong and will host discussions in September and October before taking a break in November and December. August’s book club pick was The Passion of Artemisia by Susan Vreeland. I really enjoyed this fast-paced book written from Artemisia’s perspective. Imagining the behind-the-scenes preparations for her epic Italian […]
Read more "My Covid Classics – #7"On the last Friday in July, The Wandering Art Historian book club discussed Broad Strokes: 15 Women Who Made Art & Made History (in That Order) by Bridget Quinn. To celebrate our second gathering via Zoom and to honor one of the incredible artists discussed in our book, I decided to recreate one of my […]
Read more "My Covid Classics – #6"Ten years ago this month, Marina Abramovic completed her epic performance piece, “The Artist is Present.” This piece was developed to coincide with her retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art. As the piece came to a close on May 31st of 2010, Abramovic had been “present” for over 736 hours and recorded sitting across […]
Read more "The Artist is Present… ???"The Museum of Fine Arts in St. Petersburg, Florida has joined in the #MuseumFromHome movement! Their offerings are really wonderful and varied with activities and learning opportunities for every member of the family. For kids, the MFA offers crafting tutorials inspired by works in their collection. For more information, follow this link… https://mfastpete.org/art-break-with-the-mfa/ For art […]
Read more "#MuseumFromHome – St. Pete MFA"My #CovidClassics post for this week features my beagle, Chip, in the role she was born to play. Frida Kahlo had a whole menagerie of animals to keep her company at her home, Casa Azul (The Blue House). However, Mr. Xolotl held a special place in Frida’s heart. Señor Xolotl was a breed of Mexican […]
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